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Can you create your fursona based on a pixpet? (12 Posts and 121 Views)
Topic Tags: furry, fursona, legal issue, pixpet
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Jul 31st, 2019 - 9:40 AM
Nr. 1 #25365
Just curious if anyone has felt compelled to make a fursona character, either in art or as a fursuit, based on their own pixpet?

Are there any legal issues surrounding this, such as use of someone else's intellectual property to create or adapt something to make it your own?
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Jul 31st, 2019 - 12:50 PM
Nr. 2 #25368
@BellamiaVelour

I'm not familiar with the copyright laws where Komodo lives, but just based on common sense, I'd imagine you wouldn't be allowed to sell or commission art of a character that's closely based on someone else's intellectual property.

@Komodo, what are your thoughts on this?
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Jul 31st, 2019 - 1:06 PM
Nr. 3 #25369
@BK47
I was thinking along those lines but as you suggested; we would need the interpretation on the copyright laws according to where @Komodo has set these up. Would they extend to exact replicas and names or even so far as to be mere likeness or aspects of the creatures created for PixPet.Net?

When I saw my first adoptable egg hatch, I thought it was a puppy with a unicorn horn and I thought that would make an awesome fursona character. Now that I've found out it's actually a bear cub with a unicorn horn (I don't know why the name didn't make that clear to me in the first place), I wonder if I tweaked it slightly to make it more dog like but kept the horn, would this character be in breach of copyright infringement even if I named my fursona species PuppyCorn?
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Jul 31st, 2019 - 11:23 PM
Nr. 4 #25409 2
It's ok in my opinion as long as they don't claim they invented the character all by themselves. :)
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Aug 1st, 2019 - 1:50 AM
Nr. 5 #25416
How kind of you @Komodo
Of course, I would not go around saying I created the character if I can say I built my fursona either directly from or inspired by a game creator's or artist's designs.
Maybe now I will draw up my PuppyCorn character
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Aug 6th, 2019 - 7:53 AM
Nr. 6 #25879 1
I've actually been thinking of doing this, probably with Igupunk because I can ALWAYS get behind a punk reptile~
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Aug 6th, 2019 - 11:40 AM
Nr. 7 #25899
Quote by: @Jifi-Dawg
I've actually been thinking of doing this, probably with Igupunk because I can ALWAYS get behind a punk reptile~


So, we've a scaley in our midst.
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Aug 6th, 2019 - 11:48 AM
Nr. 8 #25901
haha that you do!
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Aug 15th, 2019 - 12:59 AM
Nr. 9 #26578
It's possible that I could do it, sounds like a fun idea!
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Aug 18th, 2019 - 7:05 AM
Nr. 10 #26847 1
Finally got an Igupunk! It felt kinda weird to make a character out of a pet I didn't have yet, but now that I have her I'm gonna start working on my pixpet sona! Her name is going to be Kasey<3
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Aug 18th, 2019 - 4:24 PM
Nr. 11 #26883
I mean, I've seen Digimon sonas, Animal Crossing sonas, Neopets sonas, Pokemon sonas, characters based off of Stitch's cousins- so why not?
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Aug 18th, 2019 - 5:13 PM
Nr. 12 #26892 1
I think its fine as long as you give credit for the species to Komodo and link to the site, maybe attract some new players as well ;D

Its a great way to advertisment it.
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